Crate and box for cans



G. J. RECORD.

S No. 601,326. Patented Mar. 29, 1898.

GEORGE J. RECORD,

Fricn.

PATENT OF OONNEAUT, OHIO.

CRATE'AND' BOX FOR CANS.

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent No. 601,326, dated March 29, 1898. Application filed October 18, 1897- Serial No. 665,606. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. RECORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Conneaut, in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crates and Boxes for Cans and other Receptacles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide crates and shipping-boxes adapted to contain bell-top cans or similar receptacles for liquids and soft substances, the cans being held separately though securely therein and the weight of each upper can being kept from pressing on any can of a lower layer.

To this end the invention consists mainly in the combination of removable saddle-bars, each having curved recesses in its sides for fitting the cans of two rows between which it is placed, with the sides of the inclosing crate or box provided with means for supporting the said saddle-bars.

The said invention further consists in the combination of the aforesaid saddle-bars and sides constructed and arranged, as stated, with rows of bell-top cans and end bars similarly recessed on their inner sides and packing-pieces fitted into the tops of the cans, the latter fitting into the recesses of the end bars and saddle-bars and the bell tops of the cans holding the saddle-bars down on the parts that support them, while each can of an upper layer rests on the packing-piece of the corresponding can of the next lower layer, and the closing of the top of the inclosure locks the entire series of cans and saddle-bars together without any one can touching another or any chance of any can or saddle-bar being displaced.

The said invention also consists in certain improvements in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter more particularly set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a crate full of cans embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal vertical section through the same on the central line of one of the rows of cans. Fig. 3 represents a transverse vertical section through the same on the central longitudinal-line of one of the saddle-bars. Fig. 4 represents a detail View of one of the saddlebars. Fig. .5 represents a similar View of one of the recessed end bars. Fig. 6 represents a detail View of a part of the side of a box having an end of a saddle-bar resting in an opening, and Fig. 7 represents a similar view with the end of the saddle-bar resting on a cleat or support attached to the inside of the box.

right end pieces of a rectangular open crate; B, the transverse horizontal strips fastened thereto; C, the horizontal longitudinal bottom strips; D, the similar top strips, and E the similar side strips, all fastenedat their ends pieces are also fastened on the inner sides cessesf in their inner faces. At each end there is one of these end bars for each layer of cans G, and each recess of each bar F receives the side of a can G immediately below the expanded bell top G of the said can.

H designates the saddle-bars, each of which is fitted in between two transverse rows of cans of the same horizontal layer and provided on its sides with recesses h, corresponding to the recesses f aforesaid and receiving severally the cans below their bell tops,which ends down on the side strips E.

Each can G is provided with a wooden packing-piece I, laid loosely in the depressed middle part of the cover 9 of the same. Each can of an upper layer fits at bottom upon the packing-piece I of the next lower layer. The cans of the lowest layer rest on the bottom strips 0. When the top strips Dare fastened down, they are in contact with the cans of the upper layer and the entire series of cans and saddle-bars will be held firmly in place whatever the position of the crate.

Each can assists the saddle-bars and the other parts described in holding all the other cans and saddle-bars in place, yet its weight bar into which itfits and the side strips on which that saddle-bar issupported. Furthermore, as the cans, though securely held, are not allowed to touch each other at any point by reason of the intervals between the re- In Figs. 1, 2, and '3, A designates the up--' to the upright end pieces A. To these latterhorizontal end bars F, having curvilinear rebear on the said saddle-bars and hold their is taken off the next lower can by the saddle- IOD capable of being damaged by a rise in temperature. A crate full of these cans is easily built up by placing an end row of cans on the bottom strip and severally fitting them into the recesses f of the lowest end bar F at that end, then applying a row of saddle-bars to this row of cans with the ends of the sad-' die-bars resting on the lowest side strips, then fitting another row of cans into the recesses on the opposite side of the said saddle-bar, and so continuing until the cans of the last bottom row fit into the recesses f of the low:-

can resting on the packing-piece of the next lower one, and so continuing until all the cans are in,when the top strips are nailed or otherwise fastened in place, as described. By removing one of these top strips the cans of one row in, the upper layer are left free to be lifted out, severally without in any instance disturbing those left behind. When all the top strips are removed, all the cans of the upper layer are thus freed to be taken out oneby one. Afterward each lower layer may be:- similarly dealt with. No hindrance is experienced from the saddle-bars, which. are without any fastening, except the weight of the cans, and may be set aside one after another as these are taken out row after row.

A boX may have its sides provided with openings or cleats to receive the saddle-bars and inevery respect packed like the crate before described,being quite: within the scope of my invention. Fig, 6 shows by way of example an opening J, receiving an end of a saddle-bar H and formed in the side K. of a box. ner face of the said side for the saddle-bars torest on.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A. crate. provided with removable bars which are free to be withdrawn when the weight of the cans is removed from them and provided on their sides with curvilinear recesses adapted to fit the sides of the cans of opposite rows and hold the same in place, in combination withcans having recessed tops, and bottoms fitting in said tops, said cans also. fitting into said curvilinear recesses and packing against each other at top and bottom, the lowest layer of cans resting onthe bottom, of the crate or box, the top layer of cans being fastened in place by the top of the box or crate, and the contents as a whole constituting a solid mass of cans and intervening bars whereby each can is supported at the bottom, pressed down from above, and held rigidly against any sort of lateral motion or contact with the other cans, although left quite free to be removed as soon as the layer or layers above it have been taken away, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a series of bell-top cans, adapted to receive the bottoms of an upper row of similar cans, a series of saddle-bars recessed on opposite sides to fit the said cans,

an inclosure having correspondingly-recessed end pieces and parts which support the said saddle-bars the latter being without attachment and held to their seats only by the pres- 5 sure of the bell tops of the said cans and the 3 top or cover of the inclosure in cont-act with i the upper layer thereof substantially as set forth.

est bar F at the other end, then repeating the above steps with the next layer, each upper 3. A series of cans having depressed covers and loose filling pieces resting in the depressed parts thereof in combination with saddle-bars which are without attachment to any part but. recessed on their sides to fit severally the cans of two proximate rows and an inclosure which is provided with supports for the ends of the said saddle-bars and with top parts fitting on the upper layer of the said cans, these cans having bell tops which set on the said saddle-bars and being kept from contact with each otherin different layersby the packing-pieces, aforesaid, the bottoms of each said upper layer of cans fitting into the tops of the lower layer.

4. An inclosure having free saddle-bars and supports therefor, the said bars being provided with recesses at their sides adapted to fit severally the cans or similar receptacles of two rows, these recesses being at such inter- Vals as, to keep the sides of the cans apart fromeach other in combination with an upper and a lower row of cans, the bottoms of the upper row of cans fitting into the tops of the'lower row, substantially as set forth. Fig. 7 shows a rib or cleat L on the ini 5., A11 inclosure for bell-top cans provided with removable saddle-bars adapted to fit the sides of cans and similar receptacles and hold them apart laterally, the said inclosure being also provided with means for fastening the cans and saddle bars in place and the said cans being separated at all points from each other so as to prevent conduction of heat and allow the circulation of air in combination with an upperand a lower layer of cans, the bottoms of the upper layer of cans fitting into the tops of the lower layersubstantial'ly as i set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. RECORD.

Witnesses:

S. B. ArwooD, CHAS. B. GODDARD.

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